On Sunday 21st September the congregation of St. James the Great were joined by Grant and Emma, their families and friends to see Donald Henry Christened by Rev'd Duncan Leake. A lovely and very personal service, written by Duncan especially for Donald, reminded us how very important each one of us is to God. This message was reinforced by the bible reading from Luke (c15, v8 - 10), and read beautifully by one of Duncan's relatives. Donald, whose sister, Rosanna, was Christened here two years ago, will remember little of this service as he slept peacefully through most of it, but I suppose does have the excuse that he is only six months old. We hope this was a very special day for a very special person. Please include Donald Henry, Grant and Emma in your prayers, that God blesses them, that the peace and love shown to them all today never ends, and that they may always be supported by the prayers of us all.

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We are asking God to guide us on our journey in developing our Benefice.
Please pray for:
- our benefice, our individual churches, PCCs and the Team Council.
- that God shares with us the journey he has mapped out for our Benefice.
- that He shows us the way forward in identifying what we need from a new priest.
- that God continues to heal the hurt we feel from the past.
- that God helps to build a vision of a One Church Family across our many Parishes.

OUR NEXT SERVICE IS:
19th October Holy Communion at 11-15am, led by Rev'd Vivienne Starkie.

OUR OTHER SERVICES:
26th October Morning Praise at 9-30am, St. Peter's Church, Hopton, led by Andy Cooper.
2nd November Holy Communion at 9-30am, led by Rev'd Vivienne Starkie.
9th November Remembrance Service on Weston Village Green at 10-40am, with St. Peter's Church, Gayton, led by Rev'd Vivienne Starkie.
16th November Praise Together Holy Communion at 10-00am, St. Andrew's Church, Weston, led by Rev'd Vivienne Starkie and Andy Cooper.
23rd November Holy Communion at 11-15am, led by Rev'd Duncan Leake.
30th November Holy Communion at 9-30am, St. Peter's Church, Hopton, led by Rev'd Bill Marsh.
7th December Holy Communion at 9-30am, led by Rev'd Vivienne Starkie.
14th December Carol Service at 4-00pm, led by Robert Walls.
21st December Praise Together Holy Communion at 10-00am, All Saints' Church, Milwich, led by Rev'd Vivienne Starkie and Andy Cooper.
23rd December Christingle Service at 5-00pm, St. Peter's Church, Hixon, led by Rev'd Vivienne Starkie and Kate Tague.
25th December Praise Together Christmas Communion at 9-30am, St. Peter's Church, Gayton, led by Rev'd Vivienne Starkie and Andy Cooper.
28th December Praise Together Holy Communion at 10-00am, St. James the Less Church, Fradswell, led by Rev'd Vivienne Starkie, Sarah Emery and Andy Cooper.

For services in other churches please click on "Church Services Across Mid-Trent Team" to see our service rotas.
We try to make our church services as friendly as possible. Please don’t worry about getting things ‘wrong’. Even if they notice, people won’t mind. At Communion services, everyone is equally welcome, whether you feel able to share the bread and wine or prefer just to stay seated for a time of quiet. Finally, we are interested in you, not what you are wearing.